William F. Draper

William F. Draper (1896)

William Franklin Draper (born April 9, 1842 in Lowell , Massachusetts , †  January 28, 1910 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1897 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Draper attended both public and private schools. Then he studied mechanical engineering. During the Civil War he served in the Union Army , where he rose to Brevet - Brigadier General . He then manufactured cotton processing machines in Hopedale . At the same time, Draper embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In June 1876 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cincinnati , where Rutherford B. Hayes was nominated as a presidential candidate. In 1880 and 1883 he was a member of the governor's advisory staff .

In the congressional election of 1892 , Draper was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he succeeded Frederick S. Coolidge on March 4, 1893 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1897 . From 1895 he was chairman of the patent committee. In 1896 he renounced another candidacy. Between 1897 and 1899, William Draper succeeded Wayne MacVeagh as US ambassador to Italy . He died in Washington on January 28, 1910.

Web links

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• William F. Draper in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William F. Draper in the database of Find a Grave (English)